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“Kohei, I’m ….”
“—Wait!”
This time I wanted to tell him my feelings before Taizen. After thinking that, I cried.
Taizen slowly pulled away from me and looked at me with a surprised expression. I could see my own reflection in his worried golden eyes.
“Oh …… I’m sorry. I wanted to tell you something …” I said timidly, then Taizen gradually smiled beautifully at me.
I let out a puff of breath. My heart was beating loudly with excitement at the thought of telling him how I felt, and I tapped my heart to calm it down, just as I had done when we had enjoyed our first date at the food stall.
Taizen looked at me with kind eyes and a smile, waiting for me silently. Later on, I managed to open my nervous mouth.
“I like …… Taizen. As …..an Ω?” I couldn’t find the right words at the end, so I stuttered.
However, as soon as I said it, Taizen smiled at me with the happiest, most innocent smile I’d ever seen. Normally he had a beautiful, flawless face, like a doll or a mannequin. But when he smiled with all his might, his double canine teeth were visible, making him look just a little bit mischievous. It made my heart tingle to think how cute he was.
I thought this was the same smile and impression I had seen some time ago, and then I realized it was after I had sex with Taizen for the first time.
Taizen kept smiling gleefully and brought his forehead in contact with mine. My heart thumped even louder at the sight of those deep golden eyes glowing with an intricate light at such close range.
I thought the sound of my heart would be transmitted through our tightly clasped bodies.
“I like you too, Kouhei. I’ve liked you since the first time I met you.”
I was so embarrassed to be told in such a sweet voice, but I was also extremely overjoyed to hear it spoken from a distance where I could breathe. I felt a rush of sweet and sour feelings and cried a little, even though I was a 30-year-old man.
When I put on a tearful smile, the golden eyes in front of me squinted wistfully. But soon, they were smiling in the same way I was.
I thought with a fuzzy feeling that I had never been so happy to be in love with someone in another world.
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“I have tea, but I think alcohol would be better.”
My shoulders shook in surprise at Taizen’s words that were spoken to him. I sat down on the sofa and turned my head back awkwardly to the point I felt like I was going to hear a squeaking sound. Standing in front of a wagon loaded with drinks, Taizen looked at me curiously.
“Ah, tea. ….The sun hasn’t set yet,” I said.
He looked surprised, smiled gently, and moved the dishes around. I clenched my fists nervously and let my eyes wander around the room.
After an emotional reunion with Taizen, I was somehow led to a luxurious room in the main residence. When I hurriedly told him that I was at work, he said with a fresh smile, “Well, I’ll talk to the person in charge of the detached residence.” While wondering what was going on, I was made to sit on a soft sofa.
Then, Taizen called the maid and told her what was going on. Soon after, the maid brought a wagon with a set of drinks.
“Is everything all right with your work?” I asked anxiously. Taizen smiled at me as he served me tea.
Yes,” he said. “By noon, I’d finished my work and had the rest of the day off.” I happened to see you on my way home. As for work, I had already received word from someone that the matter he wanted to discuss with me earlier in the hallway was not urgent. So there’s no problem.”
With a charming smile, Taizen replied in a very cheerful mood. After placing the tea on the table, he sat beside me and gently held my hand in his.
His long, good-looking fingers were slowly and somewhat erotically intertwining with mine. I felt a little embarrassed, but I was very comfortable. It made me rather horny. I wondered how a handsome man could use his fingers to create such an intimate atmosphere. My admiration for him was unbounded.
“Kouhei?” Taizen, who was suspicious of my lack of response, was looking into my face with a tender smile on his face. I quickly recovered my dazed expression and nodded in a futile attempt to explain what he had just told me. Then I pondered again what he had just told me.
Taizen called this main residence his home and acted as if he was the master of the house from a few minutes ago. Moreover, the official who approached him had called Taizen, Governor.
Remembering this brought back my faint memory that the governor was the most important person in the Ministry of Finance. In addition, he was also the husband of the jealous Ranrei, whom I had heard rumors about.
“…………”
Perhaps because the blood had rushed to my face, Taizen’s expression became puzzled. His grip on my hand tightened.
“What’s wrong?”
I let my gaze wander and looked at my hand, which was held by his long, beautiful fingers.
Ever since I started serving Master Li Changhui, I had been wondering in the corner of my mind if the master might be Taizen, but I thought it was impossible and desperately wanted to know. However, I tried my best to suppress the thought.
But if so, what would be the relationship between Taizen and me? Could it be that this country is polygamous, and I would be his second wife? No, I might not even be the second wife.
I exhaled deeply and slowly lifted my head. A pair of beautiful golden eyes were looking at me anxiously.
I decided it was better to ask him about my doubts as soon as possible, so I gathered my courage and opened my mouth.
“Are you married to Ranrei-sama?”
When I asked him bluntly, he made a sour face with a hint of disgust. I had seen that expression before.
When I was in high school, walking alongside my two younger sisters, we ran into a classmate of mine. The classmate asked me if I was dating my sister, but my sister, who was standing next to me, had the same expression on her face as Taizen had now.
“Uh, no, I was thinking to myself.”
“No, it’s my younger sister.”
I nodded at Taizen, who immediately answered.
If anything, their facial features were similar in many ways, and above all, they both had good looks with the appearance of a doll. Furthermore, the two have the same gold pigmentation in their hair and eyes, albeit in slightly different shades.
However, based on her appearance, I assumed she was his older sister rather than his younger sister, as she appeared quite mature.
“I’m sorry … the people in the town were talking about it…” I apologized, and Taizen laughed.
“My younger sister was a candidate for the first prince’s wife, but the first prince abruptly announced that the daughter of the Chie household was his destined mate.” He did, however, state that he intended to make my sister his concubine. My sister, on the other hand, declined his offer and got into trouble. I was almost caught up in it, so I decided to flee the capital under the guise of hiding my sister in the town where Kouhei had previously lived. Since the problem has been resolved, I have been transferred back to Yansho city.
Taizen expressed with a look of weariness on his face. I was bewildered by the story, which sounded more impressive than expected.
In other words, the first prince ended his engagement with Ranrei, resulting in a huge dispute, and Taizhen, Ranrei’s older brother, was almost involved in it, so he hid in the town where I had previously stayed. I felt a little closer to Ranrei when I realized she had also broken off her engagement, despite the circumstances being completely different.
Nevertheless, I wondered if Taizen was a person of noble status.
“That’s why I didn’t deny the rumors that my sister was my wife, thinking there was no reason for me to go out of my way to cause trouble with the court.” But when I found out Kouhei was coming to Yansho, I immediately put an end to the rumors, but you were already aware of them.”
Taizen lowered his eyebrows, and as he said this, he tightened his grip on his hand. I was surprised that Taizen knew I was in Yansho when he told me the story. Then I remembered that when we reunited, he mentioned that he had been looking for me.
“You said you were looking for me….” When I asked him hesitantly, he nodded his head and looked me directly into my eyes.
“Yes… Actually, after we broke up, I was wondering if you understood what I meant when I asked you to spend the mating season with me.”
I shook my head at Taizen’s words. I certainly didn’t know the meaning until I was told about it by Ranrei this afternoon.
I’m sorry …… I didn’t know until just now when I was applying for this job, and….” When I apologized in a low voice, Taizen smiled faintly.
“It was suddenly decided that I would return to Yansho, but because I didn’t want to leave, I proposed to you right away, even though we weren’t lovers yet.” Although I was concerned that my actions were too hurried and confused you at the time, I couldn’t spare any time. Now, I understand that you have a different interpretation of what it means for an alpha to ask an omega to spend the mating season together. It seems I’ve failed to take this matter into account.”
Unlike me, who has only ever made casual confessions, Taizen told me he wanted to be my mate despite his anxiety at the time. In retrospect, I’m not sure what I said in response, but I was confident that it was hurtful to him.
I furrowed my eyebrows and gently touched Taizen’s fair cheek. He tilted his head slightly and rubbed his cheek against my hand as if trying to get closer to me.
“I love you,” Taizen confessed.
“This time, I decided to tell you immediately that I love you, even if you think I’m pestering you. Before this, I had to leave before my next vacation, so I hadn’t planned to see you. Nevertheless, at the time, I asked Sonken, my closest co-worker, to inform you that I’d be coming to see you within a month.”
My eyes widened in surprise. After realizing I liked Taizen, I rushed to the bar to meet the bartender and saw the manly man with thick eyebrows. However, he didn’t say anything like that at all.
“Eh …… but I didn’t hear…… anything.”
At my words, Taizen became extremely sullen.
“Oh…… when he met you, he seemed interested in my reaction, so he thought it would be interesting and kept quiet about it. He laughed and said he didn’t expect you to quit your job and travel to Yansho. Even though he insisted on being the middleman, I completely asked the wrong person to deliver the message. I should have ignored him and told you face to face.”
I couldn’t help but laugh at the unfamiliar, annoyed expression on Taizen’s face.
“I went to see you about a week ago, and you weren’t there.” After that, I asked your employer and discovered that you had followed me to Yansho, but I couldn’t find you since. I even went to the Ministry of Finance to look for you, but I didn’t expect to find you right here on my doorstep.” Taizen gave a gentle bitter smile.
I had no idea he was looking for me so hard while I was working inside the detached mansion where Ranrei lived leisurely. It seems that our paths may have crossed quite a bit.
“I’ve been looking for you so long too…and I miss you so much.” When I said that with a smile on my face, Taizen narrowed his golden eyes woefully.
“Yeah…I’ve heard. Thank you for looking for me.”
I was so overwhelmed by those words that I couldn’t say anything else.
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